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Title: Wired in bridge super distortion in HSS guitar, now bridge + middle is very thin
Post by: stratsuper on March 30, 2017, 12:57:30 AM

I have a Jackson Adrian Smith import model and just swapped out the bridge humbucker for a Dimarzio Super Distortion..no coil split or tap..I followed Dimarzios wiring diagram for HSS guitars with 1 volume, 1 tone ...black and white soldered together, green and bare wire to ground and the red wire to the switch lug (all the same colors and routing of the original pickup btw, which looks a whole lot like the Dimarzio super distortion, even has nearly the same impedance reading but no markings on the bottom of it...anyway...) ...The bridge seems to sound OK, maybe a hair weaker than expected but the real drag is now that super mellow and sweet bridge humbucker + single coil middle that I use a lot is now extremely thin and tinny sounding...What did I do wrong?

Title: Re: Wired in bridge super distortion in HSS guitar, now bridge + middle is very thin
Post by: darkbluemurder on March 30, 2017, 03:56:52 AM

Seems like it is out of phase with the single coil in the middle. Just swap the green and red wires on the Super Distortion and you should be fine.

Good luck,
Stephan

Title: Re: Wired in bridge super distortion in HSS guitar, now bridge + middle is very thin
Post by: stratsuper on March 30, 2017, 02:20:59 PM

Thank you!